<p>OK so I live in a town west of boston, basically about 40 kids from my HS go to Umass Amherst each year. I hate high school and I want to sort of get away from a lot of the kids in my school. So is it easy to get away from a lot of these people? Is it easy to start over at an in state school?</p>
<p>But you have to put in the effort. Where you live is most important. Are you studying the same thing as these other kids? Do you know what your major is? What are your interests?</p>
<p>@OP I am TOTALLY in the same boat as you!!! Except I’m OOS but still. About 8 kids of my HS class are going to Umass Amherst, and I’m not too happy about that. I hate HS too and all the bull***** that I go through on a daily bases, but you have to remember that UMass is over 20,000 people! I GUARANTEE you’ll find your niche there.</p>
<p>One of my best friend’s brother is in college and he took a language course/study abroad thing–all his friends are from that class. Find a club/minor/ROTC/sport and join it–I’ve already had a ton of people on FB add me for my minor (which is also an activity–I won’t say any more! :))</p>
<p>Join a rap! I’m joining a pretty small, 30 student rap in southwest, and since I’m going to be taking a class with and living with these people you are bound to befriend them.</p>
<p>If not, there are a bunch if clubsto join, my friend actually had to transfer out of Umass because she kept on hanging put with people, because there was so much to do! And got distracted from her studies (don’t end up like that!! Lol)</p>
<p>This is the beauty of UMass, you can avoid anyone you want, and rather easily just because the school is so large. About 15 or so kids from my graduating class attend, and if I want to I can go an entire day, even weeks, without seeing them. I’ve managed to avoid seeing a girl I didn’t want to speak with for all of spring semester, and most of fall semester, and she lived in the same building as me lol</p>
<p>when i finished HS i was in the same boat, I saw some of the 40 or so kids from my high school at umass every once in a while, but a lot of my interaction with them was just a hello and how are you. if there’s kids you don’t want to hang out with, you don’t have to
I found my own group of friends right away when I got to umass and they’ve stayed with me the whole time I was there, it’s totally up to you if you want to stick with the high school crowd or not</p>